Actor
Andy Serkis
12 films•2 as director•2002–2026•Adventure · Drama · Action
75%average critics78%average audience$161.1Mdomestic average
Films
12
2002–2026
Domestic
$1.93B
lifetime
Worldwide
$5.49B
lifetime
Avg opening
$44.2M
3-day
Avg legs
3.70x
opening → total
Return
4.4x
on $1.26B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 12 films credited to Andy Serkis, 2 as director and 10 in the cast, from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) to Young Washington (2026), together grossing $1.93B domestic and $5.49B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) at $1.12B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) at $90.1M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Animal Farm | 2026 | $3.3M | $5.5M | 1.70x | $5.5M | C- | 24% | #72 |
 Young Washington | 2026 | $19.4M | $47.1M | 2.40x | $47.1M | A | 59% | #29 |
 Venom: Let There Be Carnage | 2021 | $90.1M | $213.6M | 2.40x | $506.8M | B+ | 67% | #3 |
 War for the Planet of the Apes | 2017 | $56.3M | $146.9M | 2.61x | $489.6M | A | 93% | #22 |
 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | $72.6M | $208.5M | 2.87x | $710.6M | A | 91% | #11 |
 Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 2011 | $54.8M | $177.0M | 3.23x | $482.0M | A- | 82% | #11 |
 The Adventures of Tintin | 2011 | $9.7M | $77.6M | 7.98x | $374.0M | A- | 75% | #43 |
 Flushed Away | 2006 | $18.8M | $64.7M | 3.44x | $178.0M | B+ | 72% | #41 |
 King Kong | 2005 | $50.1M | $218.0M | 4.35x | $557.0M | A- | 84% | #5 |
 13 Going on 30 | 2004 | $21.1M | $57.1M | 2.70x | $97.7M | — | 65% | — |
 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | $72.6M | $377.0M | 5.19x | $1.12B | A+ | 94% | #1 |
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | $62.0M | $340.0M | 5.48x | $923.0M | A | 95% | #2 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King200313 Going on 302004King Kong2005Flushed Away2006Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011The Adventures of Tintin2011Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014War for the Planet of the Apes2017Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021Animal Farm2026Young Washington2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.4x
$5.49B worldwide on $1.26B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.93BInternational $3.56B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven11.9x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#6Best multipliersThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers5.48x#8Best multipliersThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King5.19x#40Biggest worldwide runsThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$1.12B
3 placings across 2 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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